Will RC
Will RC
Will RC
I’m Will. For over a decade I’ve worked in technology and tech transformation across charities and social enterprises, healthcare, and in education. Welcome to my site. I mainly use this as a place to write out my (mostly tech-based) thoughts. I'm a firm believer that technology should be easier to understand for everyone, and this little corner of the internet is my way of trying to do that.
Latest Posts
I had a thought, actually while reading Shubham Bose’s The 49MB Web Page, about my use of RSS. The most radical thing you can do is refuse to be extracted. Close the tab. Use...
I might have mentioned once or twice that I use Obsidian. One of the fantastic things about it, is the plethora of Community Plugins you can install to get your productivity...
Response: Markdown ate the world
I loved reading this post from Mat Duggan about the continuing rise of Markdown as a way of creating content. A couple of paragraphs of his that really stood out to me: And none...
I don’t know if it’s just because I watched Louis Theroux’s manosphere documentary last night and am feeling particularly despondent about the state of the post-truth world we...
Justifying AI is hard - especially for charities
I’m still trying to work out how I feel about this, so come on the journey with me… I work in the UK charity sector, and something I’ve been playing over in my mind the last...
Response: Caught in a Multi-Billion Dollar Web
About as good a summation on the state of social media as I’ve read anywhere, there’s a lot that stuck with me from Technically Good’s post. But the bit that I’ve been turning...
Transferring apps to a new phone
The other day my Google Pixel 8 Pro just decided that neither Bluetooth nor WiFi were things it needed anymore. Apparently it’s a common issue with Pixel handsets. In any case,...
I’m internalising my site’s CSS
I redid my website recently. I wanted quick and simple, so I used Bootstrap as the framework to throw it together. Bootstrap is great, I love it. I’ve used it on countless...
One thing I’ve realised as I write more is that I write too much. Specifically I mean, when it comes to blogging, I have a tendency to try and say too many things in one post....
I read this short post from the folkmoss over on Bear Blog the other day, and the sentiment really stuck with me. It’s not the internet you hate, it’s social media. The internet...